Baron-Forness Library: SociologyDepartmental Acquisitions: 0-1http://www.yoursite.com/http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507301The 100 greatest Americans of the 20th century : . a social justice hall of fame / . Peter Dreier.Description: A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted because the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507301http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489891The A to Z of India / . . Surjit Mansingh.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489891http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491193America and the pill : . a history of promise, peril, and liberation / . Elaine Tyler May.Description: In 1960, the FDA approved the contraceptive commonly known as "the pill." Advocates, developers, and manufacturers believed that the convenient new drug would put an end to unwanted pregnancy, ensure happy marriages, and even eradicate poverty. But as renowned historian Elaine Tyler May reveals in America and the Pill, it was women who embraced it and created change. They used the pill to challenge the authority of doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and lawmakers. They demonstrated that the pill was about much more than family planning--it offered women control over their bodies and their lives. From little-known accounts of the early years to personal testimonies from young women today, May illuminates what the pill did and did not achieve during its half century on the market.--Publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491193http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491192American grace : . how religion divides and unites us / . Robert D. Putnam, David E. Campbell with the assistance of Shaylyn Romney Garrett.Description: Examines the impact of religion on American life and how that impact has changed in the last half-century.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491192http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503311Ancestry & ethnicity in America : . a comparative guide to over 200 ethnic backgrounds. . Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503311http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492623Animating difference : . race, gender, and sexuality in contemporary films for children / . C. Richard King, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo.Description: From the Publisher: Animating Difference studies the way race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender are portrayed in recent animated films from 1990 through the present. Ranging from Aladdin to Toy Story to Up, these popular films are key media through which children (and adults) learn about the world and how to behave. While racial and gender stereotypes may not be as obvious as they may have been in films of decades past, they often continue to convey troubling messages and stereotypes in subtle and surprising ways.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492623http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496013Atomic America : . how a deadly explosion and a feared admiral changed the course of nuclear history / . Todd Tucker.Description: On January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho, spreading radioactive contamination over thousands of acres and killing three men. The army blamed "human error" and a sordid love triangle. Though overshadowed by Three Mile Island, SL-1 remains the only fatal nuclear reactor incident in American history.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496013http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489653The battle for welfare rights : . politics and poverty in modern America / . Felicia Kornbluh.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489653http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490715Behind the backlash : . Muslim Americans after 9/11 / . Lori Peek.Description: Peek chronicles the exclusion that Muslim American men and women faced before and especially in the aftermath of 9/11. Personal narratives describe the range of discrimination they experienced, the personal and collective impacts of the backlash, and the ways in which Muslims adapted in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490715http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493203Beyond our means : . why America spends while the world saves / . Sheldon Garon.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493203http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507304The big disconnect : . the story of technology and loneliness / . Giles Slade.Description: Tablets, smart phones, and social networks all promise better opportunities to connect and stay connected. Yet what they really do is replace face-to-face interactions and disguise our growing inability to trust others. According to recent surveys, at any given moment, sixty million Americans, 20 percent of the population, feel sufficiently isolated to report that loneliness is a major source of unhappiness. Have we arrived at a new kind of consciousness in which electronic interfaces receive most of our attention to the detriment of real interpersonal communication and empathy? In this book the author offers a bracing look at an America where intimacy with machines is increasingly replacing mutual human intimacy. In a sweeping overview that ranges from the late nineteenth century to the present, he reveals how consumer technologies changed from analgesic devices that ameliorated the loneliness of a newly urban generation in the Gilded Age to prosthetic machines that act as substitutes for companionship in contemporary America. Mining insights from neuroscience, the author delves deeply into the history of this transformation, showing why Americans use certain technologies to mediate their connections with other human beings instead of seeking out face-to-face contacts. In a final investigative section, he describes ways in which some people are bucking the trend by consciously including interpersonal strategies that build empathy, community, and mutual acceptance. This interdisciplinary synthesis provides many insights into our increasingly artificial relationships and a vision of how we can rediscover genuine community and human empathy.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507304http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507305The Black church and hip hop culture : . toward bridging the generational divide / . edited by Emmett G. Price III.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507305http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513105The Black Count : . glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo / . Tom Reiss.Description: Explores the life and career of Thomas Alexandre Dumas, a man almost unknown today, but whose swashbuckling exploits appear in The three musketeers and whose trials and triumphs inspired The count of Monte Cristo.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513105http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496014Bodies : . big ideas, small books / . Susie Orbach.Description: Orbach diagnoses the crisis in our relationship to our bodies, and points the way toward a process of healing.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496014http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496545Borrow : . the America way of debt/ . Louis Hyman.Description: Provides key principles of both macro and microeconomics, discussing such issues as why budget deficits matter, what the Federal Reserve actually does, and why health insurance is so expensive.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496545http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507698The business of martyrdom : . a history of suicide bombing / . Jeffrey W. Lewis.Description: "The only comprehensive history available of suicide bombing from its origins in Imperial Russia to the current day, The Business of Martyrdom examines the bombers, their societies, and the organizations that train and sponsor them. Writing for a broad audience, Lewis draws on the history and philosophy of technology in order to explain the evolution and diffusion of suicide bombing across time and from region to region. Lewis presents a model for suicide bombing that integrates individual psychology, organizational motivations, and social support. He argues that suicide bombing is a technology that has been invented and re-invented at different times in different areas, but always for the same purpose: resolving a mismatch in military capabilities between antagonists by utilizing the available cultural and human resources. To explain inconsistencies in the use of suicide bombing by different groups, he examines suicide bombing as a technological system that is flexible enough to be adapted to specific local conditions. He views suicide bombers as components within a much larger system that has been shaped by a host of social, cultural, and operational constraints throughout its existence. Incorporating insights from the historical analysis of other technological systems with current thinking on suicide bombing, the book helps readers develop a full appreciation of the unified yet diverse phenomenon. His explanations of the global decline in suicide bombing and the success of some countries in reducing the threat of it add significantly to a better understanding of the subject."--book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507698http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491191Child care today : . getting it right for everyone / . Penelope Leach.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491191http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542256El Cinco de Mayo : . an American tradition / . David E. Hayes-Bautista.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542256http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490714The city, revisited : . urban theory from Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York / . Dennis R. Judd and Dick Simpson, editors.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490714http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493207Class dismissed : . why we cannot teach or learn our way out of inequality / . John Marsh.Description: "In Class Dismissed, John Marsh debunks a myth cherished by journalists, politicians, and economists: that growing poverty and inequality in the United States can be solved through education. Using sophisticated analysis combined with personal experience in the classroom, Marsh not only shows that education has little impact on poverty and inequality, but that our mistaken beliefs actively shape the way we structure our schools and what we teach in them. Rather than focus attention on the hierarchy of jobs and power--where most jobs require relatively little education, and the poor enjoy very little political power--money is funneled into educational endeavors that ultimately do nothing to challenge established social structures, and in fact reinforce them. And when educational programs prove ineffective at reducing inequality, the ones whom these programs were intended to help end up blaming themselves. Marsh's struggle to grasp the connection between education, poverty, and inequality is both powerful and poignant"-- Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493207http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492565College libraries and student culture : . what we now know / . edited by Lynda M. Duke and Andrew D. Asher.Description: How do college students really conduct research for classroom assignments? In 2008, five large Illinois universities were awarded a Library Services and Technology Act Grant to try to answer that question. The resulting ongoing study has already yielded some eye-opening results. The findings suggest changes ranging from simple adjustments in service and resources to modifying the physical layout of the library. In this book the editors, both anthropological researchers have been involved with the project since its beginning. This book: Summarizes the study's history, including its goals, parameters, and methodology; Offers a comprehensive discussion of the research findings, touching on issues such as website design, library instruction for faculty, and meeting the needs of commuter and minority students; Details a number of service reforms which have already been implemented at the participating institutions. This book deepens our understanding of how academic libraries can better serve students' needs, and also serves as a model for other researchers interested in a user-centered approach to evaluating library services.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492565http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504881College : . what it was, is, and should be / . Andrew Delbanco.Description: Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America's colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. --from publisher descriptionhttp://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504881http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493222The complete directory for people with disabilities : . a comprehensive source book for individuals and professionals. . Description: Provides information on resources, products, and services for people with disabilities.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493222http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513106Confronting homelessness : . poverty, politics, and the failure of social policy / . David Wagner with Jennifer Barton Gilman.Description: Whose fault is homelessness? Thirty years ago the problem exploded as a national crisis, drawing the attention of activists, the media, and policymakers at all levels, yet the homeless population endures to this day, and arguably has grown. In this book the author offers a major reconsideration of homelessness in the U.S., casting a critical eye on how we as a society respond to crises of inequality and stratification. Incorporating local studies into a national narrative, he probes how homelessness shifted from being the subject of a politically charged controversy over poverty and social class to posing a functional question of social service delivery. At the heart of his analysis is insight into why we accept highly symbolic policies that dampen public outrage, but fail to address the fundamental structural problems that would allow real change.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513106http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496547Critical rural theory : . structure, space, culture / . Alexander R. Thomas ... [et al.].Description: "Critical Rural Theory is an attempt to bring together the concepts of structure, space, and culture in order to explain the relationship between rural communities and urban society. The overarching theme revolves around the many ways-structural, spatial, and cultural-in which urban systems create and maintain a hegemonic relationship with rural areas and people. Central to this theme is the concept of urbanormativity: the cultural assumption of the dominance and superiority of urban communities and patterns of life. Urbanormativity is an outgrowth of the structural forces in an urban society that favor the interests of cities over those of the countryside, of a generally exploitative relationship between the two. The structure of a society is encoded in the settlement space, which in turn influences one's experience. The experience of social space produces cultural dynamics that are reproduced from generation to generation. These mechanisms are explored through popular culture, physical patterns of urban expansion, and historical patterns of social change."--pub. desc.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496547http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507314Damned lies and statistics : . untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists / . Joel Best.Description: "Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers."--book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507314http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491190Dancing in the dark : . a cultural history of the Great Depression / . Morris Dickstein.Description: Dancing in the Dark shows how our worst economic crisis, as it eroded American individualism and punctured the American dream, produced in the 1930s some of the greatest writing, photography, and mass entertainment ever seen in this country.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491190http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490713The dark side of the ivory tower : . campus crime as a social problem / . John J. Sloan III, Bonnie S. Fisher.Description: "The Dark Side of the Ivory Tower chronicles how four groups of activists convinced the public and Congress that campus crime posed a new danger to college students and the Ivory Tower itself"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490713http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507306Desert America : . boom and bust in the new Old West / . Rubâen Martâinez.Description: Over the last decade the West has undergone a political and demographic upheaval comparable only to the opening of the frontier. Now, in "Desert America," a work of powerful reportage and memoir, Rubâen Martâinez, acclaimed author of "Crossing Over," evokes a new world of extremes: outrageous wealth and devastating poverty, sublime beauty and ecological ruin.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507306http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496548Digital vertigo : . how today's online social revolution is dividing, diminishing, and disorienting us / . Andrew Keen.Description: ""Digital Vertigo provides an articulate, measured, contrarian voice against a sea of hype about social media. As an avowed technology optimist, I'm grateful for Keen who makes me stop and think before committing myself fully to the social revolution." --Larry Downes, author of The Killer App In Digital Vertigo, Andrew Keen presents today's social media revolution as the most wrenching cultural transformation since the Industrial Revolution. Fusing a fast-paced historical narrative with front-line stories from today's online networking revolution and critiques of "social" companies like Groupon, Zynga and LinkedIn, Keen argues that the social media transformation is weakening, disorienting and dividing us rather than establishing the dawn of a new egalitarian and communal age. The tragic paradox of life in the social media age, Keen says, is the incompatibility between our internet longings for community and friendship and our equally powerful desire for online individual freedom. By exposing the shallow core of social networks, Andrew Keen shows us that the more electronically connected we become, the lonelier and less powerful we seem to be. "--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496548http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492566Disability and the Internet : . confronting a digital divide / . Paul T. Jaeger.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492566http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490379Disintegration : . the splintering of Black America / . Eugene Robinson.Description: Explains how years of desegregation and affirmative action have led to the revelation of four distinct African American groups who reflect unique political views and circumstances, in a report that also illuminates crucial modern debates on race and class.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490379http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507315The end of men : . and the rise of women / . Hanna Rosin.Description: Men have been the dominant sex since the dawn of mankind. But the author has noticed that this long-held truth is, astonishingly, no longer true. At this unprecedented moment, by almost every measure, women are no longer gaining on men: they have pulled decisively ahead. And "the end of men", the title of her Atlantic magazine cover story on the subject, has entered the lexicon as dramatically as Betty Friedan's "Feminine Mystique," Simone de Beauvoir's "Second Sex," Susan Faludi's "Backlash," and Naomi Wolf's "Beauty Myth" once did. In this book, the author reveals how this new state of affairs is radically shifting the power dynamics between men and women at every level of society, with profound implications for marriage, sex, children, work, and more. With wide-ranging curiosity and insight unhampered by assumptions or ideology, the author shows how the radically different ways men and women today earn, learn, spend, couple up, even kill, has turned the big picture upside down.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507315http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491189Enough : . why the world's poorest starve in an age of plenty / . Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman.Description: For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the "Green Revolution" succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. More than 9 million people die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year--most of them in Africa and most of them children. More die of hunger in Africa than from AIDS and malaria combined. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens to make things worse. In the west we think of famine as a natural disaster, brought about by drought, or as the legacy of brutal dictators. But in this powerful investigative narrative, Thurow & Kilman show exactly how, in the past few decades, American, British, and European policies conspired to keep Africa hungry and unable to feed itself.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491189http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491188Extraordinary, ordinary people : . a memoir of family / . Condoleezza Rice.Description: Condoleezza Rice has excelled as a diplomat, political scientist, and concert pianist. Her achievements run the gamut from helping to oversee the collapse of communism in Europe and the decline of the Soviet Union, to working to protect the country in the aftermath of 9-11, to becoming only the second woman - and the first black woman ever -- to serve as Secretary of State. But until she was 25 she never learned to swim. Not because she wouldn't have loved to, but because when she was a little girl in Birmingham, Alabama, Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor decided he'd rather shut down the city's pools than give black citizens access. Throughout the 1950's, Birmingham's black middle class largely succeeded in insulating their children from the most corrosive effects of racism, providing multiple support systems to ensure the next generation would live better than the last. But by 1963, when Rice was applying herself to her fourth grader's lessons, the situation had grown intolerable. Birmingham was an environment where blacks were expected to keep their head down and do what they were told -- or face violent consequences. That spring two bombs exploded in Rice's neighborhood amid a series of chilling Klu Klux Klan attacks. Months later, four young girls lost their lives in a particularly vicious bombing. So how was Rice able to achieve what she ultimately did? Her father, John, a minister and educator, instilled a love of sports and politics. Her mother, a teacher, developed Condoleezza's passion for piano and exposed her to the fine arts. From both, Rice learned the value of faith in the face of hardship and the importance of giving back to the community. Her parents' fierce unwillingness to set limits propelled her to the venerable halls of Stanford University, where she quickly rose through the ranks to become the university's second-in-command. An expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs, she played a leading role in U.S. policy as the Iron Curtain fell and the Soviet Union disintegrated. Less than a decade later, at the apex of the hotly contested 2000 presidential election, she received the exciting news -- just shortly before her father's death -- that she would go on to the White House as the first female National Security Advisor. As comfortable describing lighthearted family moments as she is recalling the poignancy of her mother's cancer battle and the heady challenge of going toe-to-toe with Soviet leaders, Rice holds nothing back in this remarkably candid telling. This is the story of Condoleezza Rice that has never been told, not that of an ultra-accomplished world leader, but of a little girl -- and a young woman -- trying to find her place in a sometimes hostile world and of two exceptional parents, and an extended family and community, that made all the difference. -- Book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491188http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490712Facing age : . women growing older in anti-aging culture / . Laura Hurd Clarke.Description: Examines the relationship between aging and women in a culture obsessed with youthfulness and brings alive feminist theories about aging, beauty work, femininity, and the body.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490712http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491187Filling the hole in the nuclear future : . art and popular culture respond to the bomb / . edited by Robert Jacobs.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491187http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492624Framing class : . media representations of wealth and poverty in America / . Diana Kendall.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492624http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491047Fun Inc. : . why gaming will dominate the twenty-first century / . Tom Chatfield.Description: Offers an assessment of the successes, misconceptions, and future implications involved in the rapidly growing gaming industry as it continues to influence the world.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491047http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507316Gay lives / . . Robert Aldrich, with 128 illustrations, 56 in color.Description: "A comprehensive biographical survey from ancient Chinese courtiers to pioneers of gay liberation in the twenty-first century, from the unknowable relationships of the distant past to the frankest affirmations of modern sexual identity"--Publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507316http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499018Getting wasted : . why college students drink too much and party so hard / . Thomas Vander Ven.Description: "Most American college campuses are home to a vibrant drinking scene where students frequently get wasted, train-wrecked, obliterated, hammered, destroyed, and decimated. The terms that university students most commonly use to describe severe alcohol intoxication share a common theme: destruction, and even after repeated embarrassing, physically unpleasant, and even violent drinking episodes, students continue to go out drinking together. In Getting Wasted, Thomas Vander Ven provides a unique answer to the perennial question of why college students drink. Vander Ven argues that college students rely on "drunk support:" contrary to most accounts of alcohol abuse as being a solitary problem of one person drinking to excess, the college drinking scene is very much a social one where students support one another through nights of drinking games, rituals and rites of passage. Drawing on over 400 student accounts, 25 intensive interviews, and one hundred hours of field research, Vander Ven sheds light on the extremely social nature of college drinking. Giving voice to college drinkers as they speak in graphic and revealing terms about the complexity of the drinking scene, Vander Ven argues that college students continue to drink heavily, even after experiencing repeated bad experiences, because of the social support that they give to one another and due to the creative ways in which they reframe and recast violent, embarrassing, and regretful drunken behaviors. Provocatively, Getting Wasted shows that college itself, closed and seemingly secure, encourages these drinking patterns and is one more example of the dark side of campus life." -- Amazon.com.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499018http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503442The ghetto : . contemporary global issues and controversies / . edited by Ray Hutchison and Bruce D. Haynes.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503442http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490711Glued to games : . how video games draw us in and hold us spellbound / . Scott Rigby and Richard M. Ryan.Description: This book offers a practical yet powerful way to understand the psychological appeal and strong motivation to play video games. Video games have come a long way, from Atari's pinging, monochromatic Pong to the garish mayhem of Grand Theft Auto and the stylish sophistication of Beatles Rock Band. And it is no longer just teenagers that are hooked, audiences both young and old can't seem to get enough. But while "video-game addict" has become a common term, are these games really physically and psychologically addictive? With video game sales in the billions and anxious concerns about their longterm effects growing louder, this volume brings something new to the discussion. It is a research-based analysis on the games and gamers, addressing both the positive and negative aspects of habitual playing by drawing on significant recent studies and established motivational theory. Filled with examples from popular games and the real experiences of gamers themselves, it gets to the heart of gaming's powerful psychological and emotional allure, the benefits as well as the dangers. It gives everyone from researchers to parents to gamers themselves a clearer understanding the psychology of gaming, while offering prescriptions for healthier, more enjoyable games and gaming experiences.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490711http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542252Greening the media / . . Richard Maxwell, Toby Miller.Description: "You will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after reading this book. Growing the Media not only reveals the dirty secrets that hide inside our favorite electronic devices; it also takes apart the myths that have pushed these gadgets to the center of our lives. Marshaling an astounding array of economic, environmental, and historical facts, Maxwell and Miller debunk the idea that information and communication technologies (ICT) are clean and ecologically benign. The authors show how the physical reality of making, consuming and discarding them is rife with toxic ingredients, poisonous working conditions, and hazardous waste. But all is not lost. As the title suggests, Maxwell and Miller dwell critically on these environmental problems in order to think creatively about ways to solve them. They enlist a range of potential allies in this effort to foster greener media--from green consumers to green citizens, with stops along the way to hear from exploited workers, celebrities, adn assorted bureaucrats. Ultimately, Greening the Media rethinks the status of print and screen technologies, opening new lines of historical and social analysis of ICT, consumer electronics, and media production."--Back cover.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542252http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493224Haiti after the earthquake / . . Paul Farmer ; edited by Abbey Gardner and Cassia Van Der Hoof Holstein ; with Joia S. Mukherjee ... [et al.].Description: "On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake laid waste to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Within three days, Dr. Paul Farmer arrived in the Haitian capital, along with a team of volunteers, to lend his services to the injured. In this vivid narrative, Farmer describes the incredible suffering--and resilience--that he encountered in Haiti. Having worked in the country for nearly thirty years, he skillfully explores the social issues that made Haiti so vulnerable to the earthquake--the very issues that make it an "unnatural disaster." Complementing his account are stories from other doctors, volunteers, and earthquake survivors. Haiti after the earthquake will both inform and inspire readers to stand with the Haitian people against the profound economic and social injustices that formed the fault line for this disaster"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493224http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496016Harlem Renaissance lives from the African American national biography / . . general editors, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496016http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490710High stakes : . the rising cost of America's gambling addiction / . Sam Skolnik.Description: Examines the impact of legalized gambling on American culture, describing the appeal of legalized gambling as a tool for politicians to raise revenues and create jobs, discussing a rise in gambling addictions, and explaining how gambling addiction can lead to higher indebtedness and increased amounts of divorces, suicides, and gambling-related crime.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490710http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492621Home-alone America : . the hidden toll of day care, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / . Mary Eberstadt.Description: The author reopens the politically incorrect question of just how much children need their parents, especially their mothers. She contends that absent parents--and children who feel like just another chore to be outsourced--are the common denominator of recent epidemics among young people, including obesity, STDs, behavioral problems such as attention deficit disorder, and the use of psychiatric medication in even very young children; and asks whether this trend has already reached a tipping point in American society.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492621http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490709Homophobic bullying : . research and theoretical perspectives / . Ian Rivers.Description: In Homophobic Bullying, Ian Rivers reviews primary data from key studies conducted in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, and Scandinavia that have shaped the way we view homophobia in educational contexts.--[book jacket]http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490709http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491186The honor code : . how moral revolutions happen / . Kwame Anthony Appiah.Description: Intertwining philosophy and historical narrative, Appiah has created a remarkably dramatic work, which demonstrates that honor is the driving force in the struggle against man's inhumanity to man--and the foundation of democratic movements such as the emancipation of women, slaves, and the oppressed.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491186http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489645Hostage : . the history, facts & reasoning behind hostage taking / . John C. Griffiths.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489645http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499019How to achieve a heaven on earth / . . edited by John E. Wade II.Description: "Contributions from 101 of the most prestigious thinkers, writers, public figures, and other luminaries on a wide range of topics fill the pages of this meditation on how to make the world a better place. Focusing on the large problems of the world as well as the little challenges people face, How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth tackles the momentous question of what each of us can do to improve our community, our country, and our world, one step at a time"--Cover, p. 4.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499019http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542250In your face : . the new science of human attraction / . David Perrett.Description: If eyes are the windows to the soul, what does the rest of a face reveal about its owner? In this smart and engaging exploration of the latest discoveries in neuroscience, face psychology pioneer David Perrett reveals why we are more attracted to some faces than to others and how our experiences shape this attraction. Dismantling common myths, Perrett shows how hormones affect our perception of faces, why facial beauty changes with time, why everyone thinks babies are cute, and much more. This fascinating and surprising look at the science of the face will change how you view your reflection forever.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542250http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496017Invasion of the mind snatchers : . television's conquest of America in the fifties / . Eric Burns.Description: In this book, the author, an Emmy award winning broadcaster chronicles the influence of television on the baby boomer generation. Spellbound by Howdy Doody and The Ed Sullivan Show, those children often acted out their favorite programs, purchased the merchandise promoted by performers, and were fascinated by the personalities they saw on screen, often emulating their behavior. It was the first generation raised by TV, and the author looks at both the promise of broadcasting as espoused by the inventors and how that promise was both redefined and lost by the corporations who helped spread this revolutionary technology. -- From Book jacket..http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496017http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490938Is breast best? : . taking on the breastfeeding experts and the new high stakes of motherhood / . Joan B. Wolf.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490938http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490704Is marriage for white people? : . how the African American marriage decline affects everyone / . Ralph Richard Banks.Description: Examines a sharp decline in marriage rates among the African-American middle class while analyzing probable causes, tracing the rise of educated and independent black women and evaluating the potential of interracial marriages.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490704http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496556Jesus is female : . Moravians and the challenge of radical religion in early America / . Aaron Spencer Fogleman.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496556http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513110Just plain data analysis : . finding, presenting, and interpreting social science data / . Gary M. Klass.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513110http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507307Labor rising : . the past and future of working people in America / . edited by Daniel Katz and Richard A. Greenwald.Description: When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker threatened the collective bargaining rights of the state's public-sector employees in early 2011, the massive protests that erupted in response put the labor movement back on the nation's front pages. It was a powerful reminder of a not-so-distant past when the "labor question", and the power of organized labor, was part and parcel of a century-long struggle for justice and equality in America. Now, as the reverberations from the "Occupy Wall Street" movement continue to be felt across the nation, the lessons of history, in seemingly short supply, are a vital handhold for the thousands of activists and citizens everywhere who sense that something has gone terribly wrong, and who believe that the labor movement can, and must be saved. This volume provides readers with an understanding of the history that is directly relevant to the economic and political crises working people face today, and points the way to a revitalized twenty-first-century labor movement. With original contributions from leading labor historians, social critics, and activists, the book makes crucial connections between the past and present, and then looks forward, asking how we might imagine a different future for all Americans.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507307http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490708Latino Los Angeles in film and fiction : . the cultural production of social anxiety / . Ignacio Lâopez-Calvo.Description: Los Angeles has long been a place where cultures clash and reshape. The city has a growing number of Latina/o authors and filmmakers who are remapping and reclaiming it through ongoing symbolic appropriation. In this illuminating book, Ignacio Lâopez-Calvo foregrounds the emotional experiences of authors, implicit authors, narrators, characters, and readers in order to demonstrate that the evolution of the imaging of Los Angeles in Latino cultural production is closely related to the politics of spatial location. This spatial-temporal approach, he writes, reveals significant social anxieties, repressed rage, and deep racial guilt. Latino Los Angeles in Film and Fiction sets out to reconfigure the scope of Latino literary and cultural studies. Gathering histories of different regions and nations, the book sets the interplay of unresolved contradictions in this particular metropolitan area. The novelists studied here stem from multiple areas, including the U.S. Southwest, Guatemala, and Chile. The study also incorporates non-Latino writers who have contributed to the Latino culture of the city. The first chapter examines Latino cultural production from an ecocritical perspective on urban interethnic relations. Chapter 2 concentrates on the representation of daily life in the barrio and the marginalization of Latino urban youth. The third chapter explores the space of women and how female characters expand their area of ooperationsfrom the domestic space to the public space of both the barrio and the city. A much-needed contribution to the fields of urban theory, race critical theory, Chicana/o-Latina/o studies, and Los Angeles writing and film, Latino Los Angeles in Film and Fiction offers analysis from multiple theoretical perspectives---including urban theory, ecocriticism, ethnic studies, gender studies and cultural studies---contextualized with notions of transnationalism and post-nationalism.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490708http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513112Latinos in the new millennium : . an almanac of opinion, behavior, and policy preferences / . Luis R. Fraga ... [et al.].Description: "Latinos in the New Millennium provides essential knowledge about Latinos in the United States, contextualizing research data by structuring discussion around dimensions of Latino political life in the U.S"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513112http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542249Liars and outliers : . enabling the trust that society needs to thrive / . Bruce Schneier.Description: Argues society requires trust in order to function, describes how society creates and maintains that trust through societal pressures, and discusses what happens when those pressures fail.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542249http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496018Life after high school : . a guide for students with disabilities and their families / . Susan Yellin and Christina Cacioppo Bertsch.Description: "Graduating high school and moving on to further education or the workplace brings with it a whole new set of challenges, and this is especially true for students with disabilities. The authors describe the legal landscape as it applies to students with disabilities in the USA, and how to obtain the proper disability documentation to ensure that the student receives the right support and accommodations in college. Focussing specifically on the issues that affect students with disabilities, they offer advice on everything from dealing with college entrance exams and the college application process, to selecting the right college, visiting the campus, and achieving medical and financial independence away from home."--From publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496018http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507318Living color : . the biological and social meaning of skin color / . Nina G. Jablonski.Description: This book investigates the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible trait influences our social interactions in profound and complex ways. The author begins with the biology and evolution of skin pigmentation, explaining how skin color changed as humans moved around the globe. She explores the relationship between melanin pigment and sunlight, and examines the consequences of rapid migrations, vacations, and other lifestyle choices that can create mismatches between our skin color and our environment. Richly illustrated, this book explains why skin color has come to be a biological trait with great social meaning-- a product of evolution perceived by culture. It considers how we form impressions of others, how we create and use stereotypes, how negative stereotypes about dark skin developed and have played out through history. Offering examples of how attitudes about skin color differ in the U.S., Brazil, India, and South Africa, the author suggests that a knowledge of the evolution and social importance of skin color can help eliminate color-based discrimination and racism.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507318http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=509178Living with guns : . a liberal's case for the Second Amendment / . Craig R. Whitney.Description: "America's war over gun control has raged since the 1960s. In 2008, the Supreme Court startled the left by concluding that with the Second Amendment the founders elevated "above all other interests" the right to bear arms "in defense of hearth and home." Liberals feared the NRA would succeed in rolling back regulations nationwide. Discussion about guns in America has been stalemated, shortcircuited, and dominated by rigidly and mutually intolerant ideologies. Yet we may be closer to a solution than either side may imagine. In Living With Guns, veteran New York Times editor Craig Whitney carefully reexamines America's relationship with guns, showing how guns are an important part of American culture. The earliest colonists needed them to survive. We have nearly 300 million of them today. Trying to restrict gun ownership doesn't effectively deter crime--we need to get serious about what actually works. Whitney shows that, if we focus on controlling violence rather than guns themselves, the Second Amendment may not be so lethal as the left would like to think"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=509178http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492625The lure of the city : . from slums to suburbs / . edited by Austin Williams and Alastair Donald.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492625http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490707Making care count : . a century of gender, race, and paid care work / . Mignon Duffy.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490707http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490706Making girls into women : . American women's writing and the rise of lesbian identity / . Kathryn R. Kent.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490706http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493226Marriage and cohabitation / . . Arland Thornton, William G. Axinn, Yu Xie.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493226http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=541545Media and society / . . Michael O'Shaughnessy, Jane Stadler.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=541545http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490705Mexican Americans across generations : . immigrant families, racial realities / . Jessica M. Vasquez.Description: Studies middle class Mexican American families across three generations and their experiences of racism and assimilation.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490705http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490703Miami : . mistress of the Americas / . Jan Nijman.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490703http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490702Michael Moore : . filmmaker, newsmaker, cultural icon / . Matthew H. Bernstein, editor.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490702http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491185Mirage men : . an adventure into paranoia, espionage, psychological warfare, and UFO's / . Mark Pilkington.Description: "Seeking the truth about UFOs in America, Mark Pilkington and his friend John Lundberg uncover a sixty-year-old stranger than any conspiracy thriller. Through the fascinating account of their quest, Pilkington reveals the long history of UFOria and its parallels in little-known tales from the murky worlds of espionage, psychological warfare, and advanced military technology. Along the way, he discovers that the truth about flying saucers is stranger and more complex than either theufologists or debunkers would have us believe. As he crosses America meeting intelligence agents, disinformation specialists, and UFO hunters, Pilkington is confronted with a dizzying array of ever more outrageous claims and counterclaims. As a result, he begins to suspect that, instead of covering up stories of crashed flying saucers, alien contacts, and secret underground bases, the U.S. intelligence agencies have actually been promoting them all along"--Cover, p. 2.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491185http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496019More than just race : . being black and poor in the inner city / . William Julius Wilson.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496019http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507320The Mormon people : . the making of an American faith / . Matthew Bowman.Description: With Mormonism on the verge of an unprecedented cultural and political breakthrough, an eminent scholar of American evangelicalism explores the history and reflects on the future of this native-born American faith and its connection to the life of the nation. In 1830, a young seer named Joseph Smith began organizing adherents into a new religious community that would come to be called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (known informally as the Mormons). Here, religious historian Matthew Bowman presents more than 180 years of Mormon history and doctrine. He recounts the church's origin and development, explains how Mormonism came to be one of the fastest-growing religions in the world by the turn of the 21st century, and sets the scene for a 2012 presidential election that has the potential to mark a major turning point in the way this faith is perceived by the wider American public--and internationally.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507320http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491046Muslim minorities in modern states : . the challenge of assimilation / . Raphael Israeli.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491046http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542147Myth of individualism : . how social forces shape our lives / . Peter Callero.Description: "Offers a concise introduction to sociology and sociological thinking. Peter Callero challenges the dominant belief that human behavior is the result of free choices made by autonomous actors. Drawing upon personal stories, historical events, and sociological research, Callero offers an informative outlook on eduring social problems that can help us begin the process of developing a sociological perspective. By acknowledging the limits of individual effort and control, we gain insight into our own lives and the lives of others.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=542147http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507699Networked : . the new social operating system / . Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman.Description: "Daily life is connected life, its rhythms driven by endless email pings and responses, the chimes and beeps of continually arriving text messages, tweets and retweets, Facebook updates, pictures and videos to post and discuss. Our perpetual connectedness gives us endless opportunities to be part of the give-and-take of networking. Some worry that this new environment makes us isolated and lonely. But in Networked, Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman show how the large, loosely knit social circles of networked individuals expand opportunities for learning, problem solving, decision making, and personal interaction. The new social operating system of 'networked individualism' liberates us from the restrictions of tightly knit groups; it also requires us to develop networking skills and strategies, work on maintaining ties, and balance multiple overlapping networks. Rainie and Wellman outline the 'triple revolution' that has brought on this transformation: the rise of social networking, the capacity of the Internet to empower individuals, and the always-on connectivity of mobile devices. Drawing on extensive evidence, they examine how the move to networked individualism has expanded personal relationships beyond households and neighborhoods; transformed work into less hierarchical, more team-driven enterprises; encouraged individuals to create and share content; and changed the way people obtain information. Rainie and Wellman guide us through the challenges and opportunities of living in the evolving world of networked individuals."--book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507699http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493227The new Blackwell companion to social theory / . . edited by Bryan S. Turner.Description: "The New Blackwell Companion to Social provides a comprehensive guide to the principal traditions of social theory, while also exploring critical contemporary issues and engaging sociology with other major areas of the social sciences." "Bringing together leading scholars from various branches of social theory, this authoritative new collection covers areas from classical sociology to actor network theory, and from structuralism to the sociology of the body. It also emphasizes certain key areas of sociology which have had an important impact in shaping the discipline as a whole, such as feminist social theory, economic sociology, and the sociology of religion." "The New Companion argues for a restoration and invigoration of the role of social theory in contemporary sociology, if the discipline is to remain dynamic, critical, and relevant."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493227http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507322The new feminist agenda : . defining the next revolution for women, work, and family / . Madeleine M. Kunin.Description: Feminists opened up thousands of doors in the 1960s and 1970s, but decades later, are U.S. women where they thought they would be? The answer, it turns out, is a resounding no. Surely there have been gains. Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of college undergraduates and half of all medical and law students. They have entered the workforce in record numbers, making the two wage earner family the norm. But combining a career and family turned out to be more complicated than expected. While women changed, social structures surrounding work and family remained static. Affordable and high quality child care, paid family leave, and equal pay for equal work remain elusive for the vast majority of working women. In fact, the nation has fallen far behind other parts of the world on the gender equity front. We lag behind more than seventy countries when it comes to the percentage of women holding elected federal offices. Only 17 percent of corporate boards include women members. And just 5 percent of Fortune 500 companies are led by women. It is time, says the author, to change all that. Looking back over five decades of advocacy, she analyzes where progress stalled, looks at the successes of other countries, and charts the course for the next feminist revolution, one that mobilizes women, and men, to call for the kind of government and workplace policies that can improve the lives of women and strengthen their families.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507322http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513114The new religious intolerance : . overcoming the politics of fear in an anxious age / . Martha C. Nussbaum.Description: "What impulse prompted some newspapers to attribute the murder of 77 Norwegians to Islamic extremists, until it became evident that a right-wing Norwegian terrorist was the perpetrator? Why did Switzerland, a country of four minarets, vote to ban those structures? How did a proposed Muslim cultural center in lower Manhattan ignite a fevered political debate across the United States? In The New Religious Intolerance, Martha C. Nussbaum surveys such developments and identifies the fear behind these reactions. Drawing inspiration from philosophy, history, and literature, she suggests a route past this limiting response and toward a more equitable, imaginative, and free society." -- Book Jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513114http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493228Online social networking on campus : . understanding what matters in student culture / . Ana M. Martinez Aleman, and Katherine Lynk Wartman.Description: "In the era of such online spaces as Facebook, Instant Messenger, Live Journal, Blogger, Web Shots, and campus blogs, college students are using these resources and other online sites as a social medium. Inevitably, this medium presents students with ethical decisions about social propriety, self disclosure and acceptable behaviour. Because online social networking sites have proven problematic for college students and for college administrators, this book aims to offer professional guidance to Higher Education administrators and policy makers." "Online Social Networking on Campus: Understanding What Matters in Student Culture is a professional guide for Higher Education faculty and Student Affairs administrators, which rigorously examines college students' use of online social networking sites and how they use these to develop relationships both on and off campus. Most importantly, Online Social Networking on Campus investigates how college students use online sites to explore and make sense of their identities. Providing information taken from interviews, surveys, and focus group data, the book presents an ethnographic view of social networking that will help Student Affairs administrators, Information Technology administrators, and faculty better understand and provide guidance to the "neomillennials" on their campuses."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493228http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491184Orthodox Jews in America / . . Jeffrey S. Gurock.Description: Jeffrey S. Gurock recounts the history of Orthodox Jews in America, from the time of the early arrivals in the 17th century to the present, and examines how Orthodox Jewish men and women coped with the personal, familial, and communal challenges of religious freedom, economic opportunity, and social integration. --from publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491184http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490733The Palgrave handbook of childhood studies / . . edited by Jens Qvortrup, William A. Corsaro and Michael-Sebastian Honig.Description: Divided into six parts, this substantive reference work charts how childhood studies has moved beyond developmental issues to focus on broader issues of children in society, as actors and agents, and as subjects of policy intervention. It is a comprehensive overview of key theoretical and empirical work in the field of childhood studies.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490733http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507324People like us . . DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present ; a K/O Paper Products production ; produced by Roberto Orci, Bobby Cohen, Clayton Townsend ; written by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci & Jody Lambert ; directed by Alex Kurtzman.Description: "Sam ... is a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman whose latest deal collapses the day he learns his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home to put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. While there, he uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down--he has a 30-year-old sister he never knew existed"--Container.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507324http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490701People of the rainbow : . a nomadic utopia / . Michael I. Niman..Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490701http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503445Playing along : . digital games, YouTube, and virtual performance / . Kiri Miller.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503445http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=509247Plutocrats : . the rise of the new global super-rich and the fall of everyone else / . Chrystia Freeland.Description: A journalist and industry specialist for Reuters examines the growing disparity between the rich and the poor, taking a non-partisan look into the businesspeople who are amassing colossal fortunes and preferring the company of similar people around the world.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=509247http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490700Promises I can keep : . why poor women put motherhood before marriage / . Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas ; with a new preface.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490700http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489640Prophet's prey : . my seven-year investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints / . Sam Brower ; [preface by Jon Krakauer].Description: Private investigator Sam Brower recounts his investigation of Warren Jeffs, leader of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known as FLDS.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489640http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496020Race, place, and environmental justice after Hurricane Katrina : . struggles to reclaim, rebuild, and revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast / . edited by Robert D. Bullard, Beverly Wright.Description: "On August 29, 2008, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans leaving widespread death and destruction. The inept emergency response that followed exposed major institutional flaws and poor planning. Questions linger: Can this happen again? Is our government equipped to plan for, mitigate, and recover from disasters? Can the public trust government response to be fair? Does race matter?" "Racial disparities exist in disaster response, cleanup, rebuilding, reconstruction, and recovery. Race plays out in disaster survivors' ability to rebuild, replace infrastructure, obtain loans and locate housing. Generally, low-income and people-of-color disaster victims spend more time in temporary housing and are more vulnerable to permanent displacement. In exploring the geography of vulnerability, this book asks why some communities get left behind economically, spatially, and physically before and after disasters strike."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496020http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491045Re-creating neighborhoods for successful aging / . . edited by Pauline S. Abbott ... [et al.] ; forewords by Robert N. Butler, Robert H. McNulty.Description: "Re-creating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging provides a crucial foundation for confronting the growing aging population's demands for appropriate housing and environments. This current demographic shift is causing a transformation of attitudes and perspectives about growing older, retirement, and senior housing. To ensure that physical environments meet the changing needs of older adults, a reconception of housing, communities, and neighborhoods is required." "Drawing from the fields of gerontology, health sciences, community planning, landscape architecture, and environmental design, this groundbreaking resource provides an in-depth examination of current elder housing practices and strategies, alongside goals for the future. Housing models, such as continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), shared housing, and co-housing, are evaluated, and best practice recommendations are presented." "The book closes with an inspiring look at opportunities for future collaboration of health sciences and planning and design professionals for the realization of supportive, life-affirming communities thai will result in healthy aging, active living, and continued community participation for older adults."--Jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491045http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507325Ready : . why women are embracing the new later motherhood / . Elizabeth Gregory.Description: "In Ready, Elizabeth Gregory tracks the burgeoning trend of new later motherhood and demonstrates that for many women today, waiting for family works best. She provides compelling evidence of the benefits of having children later - by birth or by adoption. Gregory reveals that large numbers of women succeed in having children between 35 and 44 by the usual means (one in seven kids born today has a mom in that age range), and that many of those who don't succeed nonetheless find alternate routes to happy families via egg donation or adoption. And they're glad they waited. Without ignoring the complexities that older women may face in their quest to have children, Gregory reveals the many advantages of waiting." "Based on in-depth interviews with more than 100 new later moms and extensive collateral research, Ready shatters the myths surrounding later motherhood. Drawing on both the statistical evidence and the voices of the new later mothers themselves, Gregory delivers surprising and welcome news that will revolutionize the way we think about motherhood."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507325http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499020The real state of America atlas : . mapping the myths and truths of the United States / . Cynthia Enloe and Joni Seager.Description: Two professors provide a comprehensive overview of the realities of the modern American experience, providing facts and illustrations depicting the nation's changing demographics, patterns of home ownership and the kind of foods being eaten across the country.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499020http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490732Reimagining equality : . stories of gender, race, and finding home / . Anita Hill.Description: "In 1991, Anita Hill's courageous testimony during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings sparked a national conversation on sexual harassment and women's equality in politics and the workplace. Today, she turns her attention to another potent and enduring symbol of economic success and equality-the home. Hill details how the current housing crisis, resulting in the devastation of so many families, so many communities, and even whole cities, imperils every American's ability to achieve the American Dream. Hill takes us on a journey that begins with her own family story and ends with the subprime mortgage meltdown. Along the way, she invites us into homes across America, rural and urban, and introduces us to some extraordinary African American women. As slavery ended, Mollie Elliott, Hill's ancestor, found herself with an infant son and no husband. Yet, she bravely set course to define for generations to come what it meant to be a free person of color. On the eve of the civil rights and women's rights movements, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood experience of her family's fight against racial restrictions in a Chicago neighborhood ended tragically for the Hansberry family. Yet, that episode shaped Lorraine's hopeful account of early suburban integration in her iconic American drama A Raisin in the Sun. Two decades later, Marla, a divorced mother, endeavors to keep her children safe from a growing gang presence in 1980s Los Angeles. Her story sheds light on the fears and anxiety countless parents faced during an era of growing neighborhood isolation, and that continue today. In the midst of the 2008 recession, hairdresser Anjanette Booker's dogged determination to keep her Baltimore home and her salon reflects a commitment to her own independence and to her community's economic and social viability. Finally, Hill shares her own journey to a place and a state of being at home that brought her from her roots in rural Oklahoma to suburban Boston, Massachusetts, and connects her own search for home with that of women and men set adrift during the foreclosure crisis. The ability to secure a place that provides access to every opportunity our country has to offer is central to the American Dream. To achieve that ideal, Hill argues, we and our leaders must engage in a new conversation about what it takes to be at home in America. Pointing out that the inclusive democracy our Constitution promises is bigger than the current debate about legal rights, she presents concrete proposals that encourage us to reimagine equality. Hill offers a twenty-first-century vision of America-not a vision of migration, but one of roots; not one simply of tolerance, but one of belonging; not just of rights, but also of community-a community of equals"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490732http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499021Rez life : . an Indian's journey through reservation life / . David Treuer.Description: Novelist David Treuer examines Native American reservation life--past and present--illuminating misunderstood contemporary issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation while also exploring crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of native language and culture.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499021http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507326The right to be parents : . LGBT families and the transformation of parenthood / . Carlos A. Ball.Description: "In 1975, California courts stripped a lesbian mother of her custody rights because she was living openly with another woman. Twenty years later, the Virginia Supreme Court did the same thing to another lesbian mother. In ordering that children be separated from their mothers, these courts ruled that it was not possible for a woman to be both a good parent and a lesbian. The Right to be Parents is the first book to provide a detailed history of how LGBT parents have turned to the courts to protect and defend their relationships with their children. Carlos A. Ball chronicles the stories of LGBT parents who, in seeking to gain legal recognition of and protection for their relationships with their children, have fundamentally changed how American law defines and regulates parenthood. Each chapter contains riveting human stories of determination and perseverance as LGBT parents challenge the widely-held view that having a same-sexual orientation, or that being a transsexual, renders individuals incapable of being good parents. To this day, some courts are still not able to look beyond sexual orientation and gender identity in order to fairly apply legal principles in cases involving LGBT parents and their children. Yet on the whole, stories are of progress and transformation: as a result of these pioneering LGBT parent litigants, the law is increasingly recognizing the wide diversity in American familial structures. The Right to be Parents explores why and how that has come to be"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507326http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490699Rights and wrongs of children's work / . . Michael Bourdillon ... [et al.].Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490699http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493230Shiny objects : . why we spend money we don't have in search of happiness we can't buy / . James A. Roberts.Description: Roberts, professor of marketing at Baylor University, studies why Americans believe and behave as if possessions will induce, increase, and enhance happiness. His inquiry provides ample psychological and historical insights as well as self-assessment quizzes on how much we spend and how vulnerable we are to status anxiety.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493230http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491183Social entrepreneurship : . what everyone needs to know / . David Bornstein and Susan Davis.Description: In development circles, there is now widespread consensus that social entrepreneurs represent a far better mechanism to respond to needs than we have ever had before, a decentralized and emergent force that remains our best hope for solutions that can keep pace with our problems and create a more peaceful world. The author's book on social entrepreneurship, How to Change the World, was hailed by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times as "a bible in the field" and published in more than twenty countries. Now, he shifts the focus from the profiles of successful social innovators in that book, and teams with Susan Davis, a founding board member of the Grameen Foundation, to offer the first general overview of social entrepreneurship. In a Q & A format allowing readers to go directly to the information they need, the authors map out social entrepreneurship in its broadest terms as well as in its particulars. They explain what social entrepreneurs are, how their organizations function, and what challenges they face. The book will give readers an understanding of what differentiates social entrepreneurship from standard business ventures and how it differs from traditional grant based non profit work. Unlike the typical top down, model based approach to solving problems employed by the World Bank and other large institutions, social entrepreneurs work through a process of iterative learning, learning by doing, working with communities to find unique, local solutions to unique, local problems. Most importantly, the book shows readers exactly how they can get involved. It is for anyone inspired by Barack Obama's call to service and who wants to learn more about the essential features and enormous promise of this new method of social change.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491183http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=509179Social media is bullshit / . . B. J. Mendelson.Description: If you listen to the Internet gurus, marketing consultants, and even the mainstream media, you might think social media was the second coming. They declare that it's revolutionizing advertising, PR, customer relations--everything. And they all agree: it is here to stay. In this lively, insightful guide, journalist and social critic B.J. Mendelson debunks the myths of social media. He illustrates how the notion first came to prominence, why it has become such a powerful presence in the marketing field, and who stands to benefit each time it's touted in the press. He shows you why all the Facebook friends and Twitter followers in the world mean nothing to you and your business without old-fashioned, real-world connections. He examines popular tales of social media "success," and reveals some unsettling truths behind the surface. And he tells you how to best harness the potential of the Internet--without spending a fortune.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=509179http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490698The steal : . a cultural history of shoplifting / . Rachel Shteir.Description: A history of shoplifting assesses its cultural and economic significance, tracing its rise with the onset of department stores, its pathology, and its role as a symbol of anti-establishment sentiments and hyper-consumerism.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490698http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490697Still connected : . family and friends in America since 1970 / . Claude S. Fischer.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490697http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503447The theory toolbox : . critical concepts for the humanities, arts, and social sciences / . Jeffrey Nealon and Susan Searls Giroux.Description: "This text involves students in understanding and using the tools of critical social and literary theory from the first day of class. It is an ideal first introduction before students encounter more difficult readings from critical and postmodern perspectives. Nealon and Giroux describe key concepts and illuminate each with an engaging inquiry that asks students to consider deeper and deeper questions. Written in students' own idiom, and drawing its examples from the social world, literature, popular culture, and advertising, The Theory Toolbox offers students the language and opportunity to theorize. Updated throughout, the second edition of The Theory Toolbox includes a discussion of new media, as well as two new chapters on life and nature"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503447http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490696Those girls : . single women in sixties and seventies popular culture / . Katherine J. Lehman.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490696http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507332Unnatural selection : . choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men / . Mara Hvistendahl.Description: "Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have twenty-four million more men than women. The prognosis for China's neighbors is no less bleak: Asia now has 163 million females "missing" from its population. Gender imbalance reaches far beyond Asia, affecting Georgia, Eastern Europe, and cities in the U.S. where there are significant immigrant populations. The world, therefore, is becoming increasingly male, and this mismatch is likely to create profound social upheaval. Historically, eras in which there have been an excess of men have produced periods of violent conflict and instability. Mara Hvistendahl has written a stunning, impeccably-researched book that does not flinch from examining not only the consequences of the misbegotten policies of sex selection but Western complicity with them"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507332http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499022Using IBM SPSS statistics for research methods and social science statistics / . . William E. Wagner, III.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499022http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=509180Vagina : . a new biography / . Naomi Wolf.Description: "When an unexpected medical crisis sends [the author] on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain--and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness itself."--Book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=509180http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488154What children need / . . Jane Waldfogel.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488154http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492626What is college for? : . the public purpose of higher education / . edited by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492626http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507333What we have done : . an oral history of the disability rights movement / . Fred Pelka.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507333http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513115Why love hurts : . a sociological explanation / . Eva Illouz.Description: Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in internet searches, coming back lonely from bars, parties, or blind dates, feeling bored in a relationship that is so much less than we had envisaged - these are only some of the ways in which the search for love is a difficult and often painful experience. Despite the widespread and almost collective character of these experiences, our culture insists they are the result of faulty or insufficiently mature psyches. For many, the Freudian idea that the family designs the pattern of an individual's erotic career has been the main explanation for why and how we fail to find or sustain love. Psychoanalysis and popular psychology have succeeded spectacularly in convincing us that individuals bear responsibility for the misery of their romantic and erotic lives. The purpose of this book is to change our way of thinking about what is wrong in modern relationships. The problem is not dysfunctional childhoods or insufficiently self-aware psyches, but rather the institutional forces shaping how we love. The argument of this book is that the modern romantic experience is shaped by a fundamental transformation in the ecology and architecture of romantic choice. The samples from which men and women choose a partner, the modes of evaluating prospective partners, the very importance of choice and autonomy and what people imagine to be the spectrum of their choices: all these aspects of choice have transformed the very core of the will, how we want a partner, the sense of worth bestowed by relationships, and the organization of desire. This book does to love what Marx did to commodities: it shows that it is shaped by social relations and institutions and that it circulates in a marketplace of unequal actors. -- Publisher descriptionhttp://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=513115http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490731Women in combat : . a reference handbook / . Rosemarie Skaine.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490731http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496021Writing your journal article in 12 weeks : . a guide to academic publishing success / . Wendy Laura Belcher.Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496021http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503449Yin-yang : . American perspectives on living in China / . edited by Alice Renouf and Mary Beth Ryan-Maher.Description: "China has become one of the largest study and teach-abroad, travel, and business destinations in the world. Yet few books offer a diversity of perspectives and locales for Westerners considering the leap. This unique collection of letters offers a rarely seen, intimate, and refreshingly honest view of living and working in China. Here, ordinary people-students, teachers, professionals, and parents-recount their experiences in venues ranging from classrooms to marketplaces to holy mountains. The writers are genuine participants in the daily life of their adopted country, and woven through their correspondence is the compelling theme of outsiders coping in a culture that is vastly foreign to them and the underlying love-hate struggle it engenders. Written in a down-to-earth, personal, often humorous, always authentic style, these tales of trials, successes, and failures offer invaluable insight into a country that remains endlessly fascinating to Westerners"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503449http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490695The young and the digital : . what the migration to social-network sites, games, and anytime, anywhere media means for our future / . S. Craig Watkins.Description: In this book, the author, a media expert explains how and why the digital migration is transforming youth culture, identity, and everyday life. He draws from more than 500 surveys and 350 in depth interviews with young people, parents, and educators to understand how a digital lifestyle is affecting the ways youth learn, play, bond, and communicate. The book covers the influence of MySpace and Facebook, the growing appetite for "anytime, anywhere" media and "fast entertainment," how online "digital gates" reinforce race and class divisions, and how technology is transforming America's classrooms. He also debunks popular myths surrounding cyberpredators, Internet addiction, and social isolation. The result is a portrait, both celebratory and wary, about the coming of age of the first fully wired generation.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490695http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491044Zeitoun / . . Dave Eggers.Description: In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into an unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. In the days after the storm, Abdulrahman traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared-- arrested and accused of being an agent of al Qaeda.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491044